1 Tawarikh 21:16

21:16 David looked up and saw the Lord’s messenger standing between the earth and sky with his sword drawn and in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. David and the leaders, covered with sackcloth, threw themselves down with their faces to the ground. ¹ 

1 Tawarikh 21:18

21:18 So the Lord’s messenger told Gad to instruct David to go up and build ²  an altar for the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

[21:16]  ¹ tn Heb “and David and the elders, covered with sackcloth, fell on their faces.”

[21:18]  ² tn Heb “that he should go up to raise up.”